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Jung Chang

1952 - Today

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Jung Chang (traditional Chinese: 張戎; simplified Chinese: 张戎; pinyin: Zhāng Róng; Wade–Giles: Chang Jung, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʂɑ́ŋ ɻʊ̌ŋ]; born 25 March 1952) is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in the People's Republic of China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jung Chang is the 2,594th most popular writer (down from 2,527th in 2019), the 655th most popular biography from China and the 70th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jung Chang ranks 2,594 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean Raspail, Guan Daosheng, Lucius Afranius, Olha Kobylianska, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Sophie de Condorcet. After her are Sophie Kinsella, Alice B. Toklas, Palaephatus, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Timotheus of Miletus, and Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jung Chang ranks 178. Before her are Ahmed Nazif, Ahmed Ouyahia, Ian Hill, Sergei Stepashin, Lars Peter Hansen, and Sergio Marchionne. After her are Sarah Douglas, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, Samir Geagea, Freddy Maertens, Patrick Strzoda, and Mitch Pileggi.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jung Chang ranks 655 out of 1,610. Before her are Zhang Zeduan (1085), Pei Songzhi (372), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Luo Yixiu (1889), Liu Penzi (11), and Guan Daosheng (1262). After her are Gan Ji (101), Zhang Zhidong (1837), Lu Xiufu (1236), Yang Hui (1238), Yuan Longping (1930), and Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Jung Chang ranks 70. Before her are Gu Yanwu (1613), Tang Xianzu (1550), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Song Yingxing (1587), Luo Yixiu (1889), and Guan Daosheng (1262). After her are Han Suyin (1917), Xue Tao (768), Sima Tan (-165), Xu Zhimo (1897), François Cheng (1929), and Wu Jingzi (1701).

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